Zedekiah

Zedekiah comes from Hebrew Tsidqiyyahu, combining the idea of righteousness or justice with the divine name Yahweh. The fuller translation is Yahweh is my righteousness. Like several other biblical names ending in -iah, it contains a reference to God within its structure, rather than using that ending simply for sound.

Its best-known biblical bearer was the last king of Judah before Jerusalem fell to Babylon. This gives Zedekiah a substantial historical and scriptural setting, although the story of that king is a difficult one. Families may be drawn to the name's expression of faith rather than to the king as a model. Zed offers a compact everyday form, while the full name retains its distinctive sequence of consonants and its recognizable biblical ending.